I saw a fascinating movie yesterday about time being the only currency in life. When you run out of time, you die instantly. The citizens had built in time clocks in each person. I realized that time is our only valuable commodity.

I never thought much about its value until I began to age. During our youth we think nothing about the value of time. When we are in our work, child rearing ages, we don’t have the energy or “time” to think about its value.

Suddenly, our parents, aunts, uncles have passed and now we are the old folk. We begin to realize that time is infinitely more valuable than any of our possessions we thought were so important, just a moment ago. We begin to wonder how to use the precious gift of time in the best way possible? Some of us have run out of the good health we took for granted a short time ago. Now a good afternoon nap is a great way to use part of our day. 

Surprisingly, I no longer worry about how I use my time. I use it with joy every day. So many of the things I felt were terribly important just a few years ago have no interest to me now. I no longer have to be one of the important artists, just a happy one who loves the pleasure of picking up the brush every morning. 

 
Country painters have a great “time”……